Unit ten

The Problem of Evil

16 videos, 2hr, 17m

Is the enormity of evil compatible with the existence of God? If God is all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good, how to explain vast misery and suffering? To theists, it’s “The Problem of Evil”. To atheists, it’s “The Argument from Evil.” Those who believe in God must deal with evil—the moral evil of human brutality and the natural evil of floods, earthquakes, fires, disease. Theists have no tougher task than explaining evil—not just its presence, but its enormity and ubiquity. Theists mount defenses and offer explanations (called ‘theodicies’).